Childhood overweight and obesity: Maternal perceptions of the time for engaging in child weight management

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Warschburger, Petra ^a   Kröller, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Maternal perception; Need for action; Obesity; Overweight; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862228345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-295     Document Type: Article

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